Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-08-19
General Notes.

Ga Wednesday night Oh last week
heavy rains fell in Northern Illinois
Eastern Iowa and Eastern Wisconsin
and Lighter rains in Minnesota ano
Michigan, putting an end to the pro
tracted drouth in those regions.
Colorow, the Z te Chief Of Colorado
with ninety bucks, is on the war
path.
A British cruiser is reported tt
have fired Gu en- American hshing
schooner in the Gulf Of St. Lawrence
one night last week, and left her enc
her crew, consisting Of fifteen men tt
their fate.
Both in this country and Europe
wheat is about as low as it has ever
been, ard in Vienna it has just faller
to lower point than has ever beer
known there in % years, G metrica
centner selling at I forms. Thi:
does not look like a short crop this
year. We seem TO be st least blessed
with abundance
The hottest days of the last foul
summers were as follows: lSS4-Au
gust II; 1SS5-August 9; 1856
July 5; 1881 July %.
A plague of sudden death" is re
ported to be ranging in Nankin
China. People are dying in every
quarter, and there are many instan
ces of very sudden deaths People
are apparently well in the morning,
and dead in the afternoon"
The cotton crop now maturing il
tie South promises TO be the largest
ever grown in the United States. II
is estimated at 100000 bales-500,
OO0 bales more than were ever before
grown in q single year. Cotton may
no longer be king, but it is still in the
royal family.
Reports from all over the country
north Of St. Paul, MINI, particularly
in the vicinity Of Crookston, Grafton,
Grand Forks, Warren and Larrimore
say there is great scarcity OF bar
vest bands, nnd that probable injury
to crops will fellow unless sufficient
help is obtaiDed at once.
The Secretary of War, acting under
authority of Congress, has directed
that 14O pieces of unserviceable artil
cry be turned over to the Getty sburg
Battlefield Association. These guns
will be of the same pattern as those
used by the Union forces in the bat
tie, and will be placed in the same
positions.
The official report states that 4S3,.
II6 immigrants come to this country
during the year ending June 80, ex
elusive of the unknown number that
arrived from Canada and Mexico
Estimating from previous returns, il
may be supposed that at least 81. OOC
persons came by these two sources
A new insect enemy to the farmers
has put in an appearance i'll the
South, being species of cricket that
infests the hills and bottoms alike, and
destroys cotton, potatoes, peas and
tobacco. These insects carry out
their depredations under cover oI
night, and are rarely visible during
daytime,
An emigrant from this country has
made his appearance in Europe
whose visitation is more dreaded than
the invasion OF an army. 1t is the
Hessian fly. Like other tramps, he
does not take out papers of naturali'
zation or stand upon any ceremony,
but he proceeds to naturalize himself
and possess the country.
The annual convention of the Penn.
sylvanian Millers' Association will
be held in Williamsport, on Septem
ber 7.
A dangerous counterfeit of the sill
yer dollar occasionally passed is made
of ground glass combined with tin.
lead and and other metals. Exper-
fenced bank tellers say they cannot
easily detect this counterfeit These
glass dollars are brittle. If held in
the palm of the hand and raped Wig
orously with a knife-haDdle, the dol.
lar is easily split. They have the
metallic ring Of genuine dollar, are
of the correct size and nearly Of the
exact weight.